This Rat Carrying A Slice Of Pizza In A Subway Tunnel Is Peak New York City

The Internet shut down Monday afternoon after video surfaced of a rat carrying a slice of pizza down a flight of stairs. Twitter wasted no time jumping on the “pizza rat” train with everything from Jay-Z lyrics to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IRL jokes.

Given that about 67 percent of the Internet resides in New York (that’s a rough estimate), this GIF/video/weirdest thing on the Web you'll see on a Monday has now appeared in just about everyone's timelines. And yes, it was the trendiest thing trending on Twitter.

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